Folding baby carriage



e. FORDE. FOLDING BABY CARRIAGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27, I921- Patented May 30, 1922..

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FOLDING BABY CARRIAGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27. I92I.

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GERALD FOE/DE, OF NEW YORK, 'N Y.

FOLDING BABY CARRIAGE.

Specification of Letters Eaten't. Patented Blay 30, 1922,

Applieation'filed May 27, 1921. Serial No. 72,989.

'carriages'and one of the principal objects is to produce a device of this nature which may be conveniently folded into a very neat and compact space of about the size and shape of an ordinary suitcase.

Another object is to provide adevice of this nature which shall be simple of construction, cheap to manufacture and highly efficient for the purpose for which it is designed. I

.Vith these and other objects in- View, the invention resides in certain novel construction and combination and arrangement of parts the essential features of which are hereinafter fully described, are particularly pointed out in the appended claims and are illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which 7 Figure 1 is a side view of my improved carriage in unfolded condition.

Figure 2 is a sideelevation of the device when folded.

Figure 3 is a front view of the device in unfolded condition.

Figure 4 is a detail view of the axle showing the unfolded condition in full line and folded condition in dotted line.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary View of the end of the body and the skeleton of the hood.

Figure 6 is a detail View of one of the securing bolts. I

Figure 7 is a fragmentary sectional view taken substantially on line 7-7 of Figure 1.

Like characters of referencerefer to like part inall views.

Referring to the drawing in detail, 10 represents what may be termed the chassis of the baby carriage; and 11, the usual springs which rest upon the said chassis and carry a body portion 12 having its four sides converging toward the bottom. Hingedly mounted on the top of the body 12 are the sides 13, the front end 14 and the rear end 15. The hinges on these members are preferably placed on the inside so that the sides and ends 13 14 and 15 may up by the hood. carriage cloth, leather or the like stretched folding of the entire hood.

to the sides 13.

fold inwardly toward the center of the carriage.

hen the carriage is in unfolded or extended condition, the rear end 15 is held This hood is made of over a frame comprisingtwo connected vertical bars 16 to which are hinged theframe bars 17 of the top. A brace comprised of two hingedly, connected members 18 and 19 connects members 16. and 17 at each side the member 19 being slidably connected to the respective member 16 so as to permit The members 16 project downwardly forming fingers 20 which look the back 15 and sides 13 together. The sides 13 are provided with hasps 21 which are adapted to fold over andengage staples 22 projecting from thenbaok 15'. After the hasps 21 tains 23 may be buttoned to the hood and The handle is utilized as a means for holding the front 14 of the carriage in extended position. As shown the handle consists. of a cross bar 24L to which are attached two downwardly and rearwardly curved members 25 to the ends of which are hinged members 26, the hinges being arranged so as to prevent movement of members 24 and 25 toward the end 14 further than. the

position shown in Figure 1. The free ends of members 26 arepas'sed through eyes 27 and between fingers 28 of a U-shaped retaining member. By tightening a screw 29 the fingers 28 are forced into such tight contact with members 26 as to hold the same against displacement. An eye 30 projects from handle 24 and a hook 31 is secured to the member 14 in position to engage eye 30 whereby handle 24 is held in place and end 14 is maintained in vertical position.

The axles are shown at 32 and each end is provided with a bearing through which projects the reduced end of a hanger 33. Above the bearing, member 33 may be headed so as to prevent its falling out and yet permit its rotation in said bearing. The axles themselves are supported in brackets 34L secured to the chassis frame. Each hanger 33 is provided with a crank 35 to receive wheel.. The wheels are preferably constructed of two sides 36 of sheet metal having a number of holes 37 punched in them by which they may be grasped so as to remove the wheels without touching the tires and soiling the hands. The two sides 36 are formed at the periphery to grip a tire 38. This wheel is mounted for rotation on'a floating axle 39 which may be slipped over the end of the crank and pinned thereto by pins 40.

The pin 40 is formed with screw threads at one end to which is fastened a wing nut tl. A pivoted pawl 42 which when the pin is slipped through a hole in the floating axle and in the crank, drops out and forms a head preventing accidental loss of the pin.

' The nut 41 may then be tightened up if desired.

To prevent rotation ofhangers 33, reach bars 43 are provided at each side of the carriage and are formed wit-h a bearing in each end to slip over the respective front and rear cranks 35 before the wheels as put in place.

To prevent turning of the axles 32 in their bearings, any simple, suitable, well-known means may beutilized. Set screws may be placed in one or all of the bearings 34, or the shafts 32 and bearings 34; may be provided with co-act-ing stops, or the cross-section of hanger 33 at its lower end and the co-acting aperture in rod 43 may be squared. Many ways of doing this will suggest themselves to a skilled mechanic and the choice of means is left with the maker.

A strip 44 depends from the bottom of the frame 12 at one'side, and the same side of the frame 12 and chassis 10 is provided with heavy headed'nails or studs 45 which act as legs when the device is folded; A handle may be attached to the other side or a case of leather having a handle may receive the folded carriage.

To fold and pack the carriage, remove and fold the handle and hood and place them in the bottom 12. Then fold in the ends 14k and 15and thereafter.the sides 13 which are of such proportions as to just meet at the center. The four wheels are then removed, the axles are rotated toward the center of the carriage until the hangers 33 are parallel with the chassis, after which the hangers are rotated until the cranks 35 lie flat against the bottom of the chassis. The device is now rested on the heads 45 which brings the strip tt into a horizontal position so it forms the bottom of a receptacle of which tails of construction herein set forth nor to anything less than the whole of my invention limited only bythe appended claims.

\Vhat is claimed as new is:

1. A baby carriage comprising a foldable handle structure, a foldable hood structure, and a body structure including ends respectively supported by co-operation of said handle structure and hood structure with respective ends. I

2. A device of the class described comprising a body portion, a chassis upon which said body portion is mounted, sides and ends hingedly secured to said body portion, a handle structure removably secured tov said chassis-and hooked to said body portion for supporting one of said ends, hasps on said sides, staples on the other of said ends and co-operative with said hasps',.and a hood structure comprising elements for insertion in said staples to secure said hasps.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

GERALD FORDE. 

